Needle-threading thimble.



A. A. ANDERSON.

NEEDLE THREADING THIMBLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10. 1915.

1,220,387. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

ALLEN ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NEEDLE-THREAIDING TI-IIMBLE.

Application filed February 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN A. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Needle-Threading Thimbles; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved means associated with a thimblefor threading a needle mechanically with any number of strands of threaddesired. The mechanism in this invention is so associated with thethimble that no inconvenience is caused to a person wearing the thimbleupon a finger, and furthermore there is no possibility of the needlethreading mechanism interfering with the work or becoming caught ortangled in the fabric.

Itis an object therefore of this invention to construct a thimbleequipped with a needle threading device which is simple and practical indesign and eflicient in operation.

It is also an important object of this invention to construct a thimblewhich, on one wall, is creased or grooved inwardly to afford recesses inwhich a stifl wire hook is mounted, adapted to receive a needle threadedthereon, so that after engagement of the thread in said hook the needlemay be removed and mechanically drawn over the thread engaged on saidhook, thus threading the needle.

It is furthermore an important object of this invention to construct acombination thimble and needle threading device wherein a needlethreading mechanism is mounted in a recess provided in the thimble in amanner to permit a thread to be engaged thereon after a needle has beeninserted over said mechanism, so that removal of the needle from saidmechanism causes the needle to be drawn over the thread, thus threadingthe needle.

It is finally an object of this invention to construct a simple,compact, easily operated needle threading device which is associatedwith a thimble, permitting convenient application thereof for thepurpose of thread- Specification of Letters Patent.

thereon into the position Patented Mar. 27, 191?. Serial No. 7,219.

ing a needle without removing the thimble from the finger.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a needle threading thimble embodyingthe principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof away and shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a front view similar to Fig. l, but partly broken away.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional detail of one of the wallswith the needle threading mechanism mounted therein showing the needlebeing inserted thereon in the first operation for threading the same.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front face view of the part of the thimble shownin Fig. 4, showing the thread being manipulated into place in the secondoperation of threading the needle.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, illustrating the third operation ofthe device in threading the needle.

Fig. 7 is a detail 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail of the threading mechanism detached fromthe thimble.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral 1, indicates as a whole a thimble provided with alower rolled or beaded edge 2. On one side on the exterior wall of saidthimble, the metal is partly broken section taken on line creasedinwardly, forming one horizontal.

and one vertical groove at right angles to one another, as clearly shownin Figs. 1 and 5, and denoted by the reference numerals 3 and 4,respectively. Mounted in the vertical groove 4, which may be termed theneedle groove, and secured at its lower end, is a relatively stiff finewire hook member 5, the hooked extremity of which terminatessubstantially in line with the axis of the horizontal groove 3, whichmay be termed the thread groove, as clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.In threading the needle, which is indicated by the reference numeral 6,the eye thereof is first inserted over the upper looped or hooked end ofthe member 5, as shown in Fig. 4, and moved downwardly shown in dottedlines. After the needle has been so placed upon the member 5, thethread, which is indicated by the reference numeral 7, is laid I Fig. 5.

The needle then is moved from the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4,upwardly into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6, thus being drawnover the thread 7 after which of course the thread may be detached fromthe hook-member 5. In the construction illustrated in Fig. 8, I haveshown the hook member 5; associated with an integral wire ring 8, whichmay be sprung into the beaded extremity 2, of the thimble to hold thehook member in proper position. However, it is obvious that the hookmember 5, may be secured in its recess in the wall of the thimble in anysuitable manner.

The operation is thought to be obvious from the description. However, itis apparent that my device is capable of many variations in form andconstruction without departing from the principles thereof, and Itherefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise thannecessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a thimble having needle and threadgrooves at a right angle to one another in the outer wall thereof, and alooped needle-threading member mounted in one of said grooves below theouter surface of said thimble, said member having the extremity of itsloop terminating in line with the other of said 7 grooves, thuspermitting a needle to be engaged thereover and to be drawn therefromand over a thread which has been passed through the looped extremity ofsaid memher.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ALLEN A. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES WV. HrLLs, Jr., FRANK K. HUDSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G.

